Laundry bag



ATTORNEY DY R WITNESS I Patented May 20, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,495,123 PATENT, oFic-a.

ALEXANDOIB, WAIDICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS LAUNDRY BAG.

Application filedfOctober 21, 1322. Serial No. 596,111.

This invention relates to laundry bags or.

clothes hampers, and an object of the invention is to provide a neatappearing compact container for either soiled or clean clothes, whichmay be supported from a suitable support and comprises front and rearsides connected by foldable webs and having their uplper open edgesreinforced by reinforcing p Another object of the invention is toprovide a novel form of catch for holding the upper edges of the frontand rear sides of the bag in closed position.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein bFig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the bag.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail vertical section taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail cross section taken on the line 4-4: of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of the laundry bag.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved laundry bagcomprises the clothing container or bag 1 which includes a front side 2and rear side 3. The sides 2 and 3 are connected by the edge pieces 4,which are creased longitudinally as shown at 5 in Fig. 4 of the drawingsto permit the front and rear sides 2 and 3 to be moved towards eachother for closing the bag structure. The edges of the front and rearsides and the edges of the end pieces 4.

are stitched together and bound by suitable binding 6 of anysuitablematerial to increase the strength and add to the appearance of the bag.The front and rear sides preferably have their upper portions cut awayas shown at 8 to add to the attractiveness of the appearance of thedevice, and they are hemmed as shown at 9 and 10 respectively, the hemsencircling or receiving rods or poles 11 and 12 respectively, the endsof which may be ornamented as shown at 13.

In the preferred form Shown in Figs.

1 to 4: of the drawings suspending cord 14 is connected to the ends ofthe rodh12 and it has a loop 15 formed: thereon which is adapted toengage over any suitable type of support asindicatedat 16. Suitable decorative tassels 17 are carried by the rod 11 and byithe suspending cord14;. p

A sheetmetal clasp 19 is attached to the rod 11 in any suitable mannersuchfas" by screws 20 and it extends below the rod, as clearly shown inthe drawings. The upper end 21 of the clasp 19 is curved for engagingover the bar or rod 12 for holding the bag closed and when it is desiredto open the bag the curved end 21 is removed from the bar or rod 12,which permits the front side 2 of the bag to swing outwardly as shown inFig. 2 of the drawings. A finger tab 22 is stitched to the front side 2preferably at the stitching of the hem 9.

By particular reference to Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings it will benoted that the back 3 is slightly larger than the front 2 so that therod or bar 11 will engage beneath the rod or bar 12 when the 'bag isclosed providing a flat, neat appearing bag structure.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings a modified form of the bag is shown whichmodified form is similar to the pre-ferred'form in every respect withthe exception of themanner I extensions 30, cooperating therewith informing a socket for engagement over a suitable support as shown at 32,for supporting the bag directly from the supports 32 and the bar 12. i

. It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may beconstructed in other manners and the parts associated in differentrelations and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any mannerexcept as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: v 1. In a laundrybag, front and rear sides, foldable ends connecting said sides, theupper edges of said 19 1 a d rear side being free from connection, barscarried by said free edges; and a clasp carried by one of said barsadapted to engage the other bar, said front side being slightly shorterthan the rear side whereby the bar carried I by the front side Will liebeneath and in parallel relation to the bar carried by the rear side.

2. In a laundry bag, front and rear sides,

foldable ends connecting said sides, the upper edges of said front andrear sides beried by the rear side for supporting the bag. r V

3. In a laundry bag, front and rear sides, foldable ends connecting saidsides; the upper edges of said front and-rear sides being folded uponthemselves andstitched to the body portion thereof to form transversepockets, barsarranged Within said pockets,

a clasp carried by one of said bars and adapted to yieldably engage theother bar,

said front side being slightly shorter than the rear side whereby thebar carriedby the front side will lie beneath and in parallel relationto the bar carried by the rear 7 side.

VALEXANDOR WAIDICH,

In testimony'whereof I aflix mysigna-

